The Tempest (1623)

Author
William Shakespeare
Author
Sir William Davenant (1667)
Author
John Dryden (1667)
Author
Thomas Shadwell (1674)
Author
David Garrick (1756)
Author
John Philip Kemble (1789)
Author
J. C. Foote (1756)
Composer
Thomas Linley Junior (1777)
Composer
John Christopher Smith (1756)
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Tragicomedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£31,413 12s 2d £10,106 9s 8d (32.2%) £21,307 2s 6d (67.8%)
1732 - 1809
£31,413 12s 2d - (100%) £10,106 9s 8d (32.2%) £21,307 2s 6d (67.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
242 35 207
1732 - 1809
242 35 207
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
14 Feb 1737 Drury Lane The Tempest, The King and the Miller of Mansfield Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Feb 1737 Drury Lane The Tempest, The King and the Miller of Mansfield No No No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin Restord, Dance of Winds, Dance of Fantastical Spirits (in Grostesque Characters), Grand ballet of Sailors, Waterman's Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin Restord, Dance of Winds, Comic Dance of Fantastical Spirits, Grand Ballet of Sailors, Waterman's Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Tempest, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Dance of Winds, Comic Dance of Fantastical Spirits, Grand Ballet of Sailors, Waterman's Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Dec 1739 Drury Lane The Tempest Or The Inchanted Island, The Harlots Progress, Comic Dance of Winds, Comic Dance of Fantastical Spirits in Grotesque Characters, Dance of Devils, Dance of Watermen No No No Unknown N/A N/A
27 Dec 1739 Drury Lane The Tempest, Robin Goodfellow, Comic Dance of Winds, Comic Dance of Fantastical Spirits in Grotesque Characters, Dance of Devils, Dance of Watermen No No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Jan 1740 Drury Lane The Tempest, Harlequin Grand Volgi, Comic Dance of Winds, Comic Dance of Fantastical Spirits in Grotesque Characters, Dance of Watermen Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1740 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Two Pierots, The Life of a Belle, Drunken Peasant, La Provencale Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Nov 1740 Drury Lane The Tempest, The Intriguing Chambermaid No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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